Jennings: Contribution to Botany of Isle of Pines. 203 



escaped in the x\merican tropics. The fruit is apricot-flavored and 

 is highly valued for making jelly. 



507. Eugenia punicifolia (Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth) De- 



Candolle. 



Myrtus punicafolia Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth, Nova Genera et Species 



Plantarum, VI, 1823, p. 149. 

 Eugenia puniccefolia P. DeCandolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni 



Vegetabilis, III, 1828, p. 267. 



Near Xueva Gerona, May 13, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 408; swampy 

 places along river south of Nueva Gerona, May 12, 1910, 0. E. Jen- 

 nings, No. 20j; near Los Indios, Nov. 4, 1912, G. A. Link. General 

 Distribution: Northern South America and the Isle of Pines. 



508. Psidium Guajava Linnaeus. Guavas Lemon Guava. 



Psidium Guajava Linn.^us, Species Plantarum, I, Ed. I, 1753, p. 470. 



Psidium pyriferum Linn^us, Species Plantarum, I, Ed. II, 1762, p. 672. 



Psidium pomiferum Linnaeus, I. c. 



Psidium Guava Grisebach, Flora of the British West Indian Islands, i860, p. 241. 



On old homestead site, near Nueva Gerona, May 5, 1910, 0. E. 

 Jennings, No. jS. General Distribution: American tropics, widely 

 cultivated, now introduced and naturalized, sometimes as a weed, as 

 far north as the Bermudas, Bahamas, Florida, and California. Fruit 

 somewhat astringent, but highly valued for jellies and preserves. 



509. Psidium Guayabita A. Richard. 



Psidium Guayabita A. Richard, in Sagra, Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la 

 Isla de Cuba, X, 1845, p. 277. 



Near Nueva Gerona, March and May, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 3^0; 

 on dry savanna, near Nueva Gerona, May 5, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, 

 No. 20; dry savanna near Casas Mts., May 12, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, 

 No. 217. General Distribution: Cuba and the Isle of Pines. 



510. Calyptranthes pinetorum Brit ton & Wilson. 



Calyptranthes pinetorum Brixton & Wilson, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 

 XLIII, 1916, p. 465- 



An interesting plant, forming shrubby mats about two feet high, 

 on the white gravelly soil about one mile north of Los Indios. May 

 19, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. JQO, type. The specimens were not as 

 complete as desirable for study, but they represent a species very 



